CLOSE PROX GA LTT SKYDIVE ACFT AND ACR MLG DEPARTING DAB.

Date: 1991-11 · Aircraft: Light Transport; High Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng · Phase: climb

Anomalies: conflict-nmac

Synopsis

CLOSE PROX GA LTT SKYDIVE ACFT AND ACR MLG DEPARTING DAB.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING AN LTT WITH A LOAD OF SKYDIVERS CLBING OUT TO THE N; AS PER OUR LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH DAYTONA. I WAS IN RADAR CONTACT CLBING WHEN ATC CALLED TFC (I BELIEVE IT WAS AN ACR MLG) BEHIND ME CLBING THROUGH 6200 FT. I THEN MADE A SLIGHT L TURN TO TRY AND SPOT THE TFC. I SAW THE JET BEHIND AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY L OF ME. I TOLD ATC THAT THE TFC WAS IN SIGHT AND I WAS TURNING R. AFTER TURNING ABOUT 90 DEG R TO TRY AND GET OUT OF THE JETS WAY; I HEARD PAXS SCREAMING AND KNEW THAT THE JET MUST BE VERY CLOSE. I LEVELED THE WING TO TRY AND SEE THE TFC AGAIN (I HAD LOST SIGHT OF THE TFC IN THE TURN); WHEN I DID NOT SEE IT STILL I BEGAN TO TURN SLIGHTLY L; AND SAW THE JET PASS JUST TO OUR L IN A CLBING L TURN. WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN EVASIVE ACTION ON THEIR PART. I TURNED R AGAIN TO AVOID THE WAKE TURB AND CONTINUED THE FLT WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT I WAS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY SINCE I WAS BEING OVERTAKEN BY THE JET. HOWEVER WHEN I SPOTTED THE PLANE BEHIND ME I DID CALL HIM IN SIGHT. I AM NOT SURE IF ATC HAD POINTED ME OUT TO THEM (THEY OFTEN WORK SEVERAL FREQS); OR IF THEY SAW ME AT ALL. ATC NEVER SAID ANOTHER WORD TO ME ABOUT IT; AND I DID NOT QUESTION IT DURING THE FLT. I FEEL THAT IF 2 ACFT ARE IN THE SAME PROX OF EACH OTHER THAT THEY SHOULD BE ON THE SAME FREQ IF THEY ARE IN RADAR CONTACT. THIS WAY I WOULD HAVE KNOWN IF THEY SAW ME OR IF I WAS EVEN POINTED OUT TO THEM. I FEEL IT WAS A LATE CALL ON ATC'S PART AND ALSO THAT THE JET SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ALT RESTRICTION UNTIL CLR OF ME. I LEARNED THAT IT MAY SOMETIMES BE BETTER TO TRY TO KEEP THE TFC IN SIGHT; EVEN IF IT MEANT MORE RADICAL MANEUVERING TO AVOID CONFLICT.

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